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ARE we in a World War? You be the judge...
US State Dept; wikipedia; UCal; multiple others ^ | 7/24/05

Posted on 07/24/2005 10:05:56 AM PDT by Wolfstar

An incredible number of attacks by Islamic jihadists have been planned over the last 35 years. Although many have been averted, far too many plots have succeeded:

Since 1970, jihadists carried out attacks in over 60 cities, in at least 41 countries, on five continents and Pacific islands. Jihadists have assassinated heads of state, ambassadors and military personnel, and killed thousands of men, women, and children of many ages, ethnicities and religions (including Muslims). They have sometimes deliberately targeted children and babies.

The 78 incidents listed below should not be taken as a complete list, merely a representative one. The listed attacks resulted in at least 7478 deaths (rate of over two attacks/death toll over 210 annually). They began 33 years before our invasion of Iraq.

Had just one of the biggest known aborted attacks been successful (e.g., Operation Bojinka), the death toll would have been in the tens of thousands, resulting in an annual rate of many hundreds killed. Luck, as much as intelligence and investigative skill, has prevented some massive attacks. Operation Bojinka was only discovered due to an apartment fire. However, the frequency and complexity of such attacks have continued to escalate since the 1970's.

We easily could have lost well over 10,000 on 9/11/01. Yet that was not the biggest known planned attack on New York City. The same cell which carried out the 1993 WTC attack intended to bomb the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the UN building, and other NYC landmarks on one day. Had they succeeded, the death toll could have been beyond unthinkable. Similarly, had the plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport succeeded during New Year's, 2000, the death toll could have been horrendous. Sooner or later, we may run out of luck.

We know the jihadists train and carry out small test runs for much larger planned attacks. Was the 2001 anthrax bioweapons attack such a test run? We may never know — that is, we may never know until the day we're hit with a much larger bioweapons attack. We also know from captured terrorist documents, computers and equipment that the jihadist network wants to make or obtain chemical and nuclear weapons. They are already way too close to such weapons in Pakistan and Iran. Most importantly, we know they take a very long view of history. Their plots can and often do take years to execute.

If this list doesn't make clear that we are in a bona fide World War, what will? Yes, it's an unconventional war or, to use the current faddish term, an asymmetrical war. We are facing what amounts to a shadowy guerrilla army that operates worldwide, rather than massed armies openly fielded by nations. Nevertheless, for our own survival we need to come to grips with the fact that we are, indeed, in a World War such as has never been seen before. The enemy has been escalating the frequency and ferocity of his attacks over the past 35 years while we have been oblivious to the growing danger.

Year
Month
Day
Location
Description
Dead

1970

Feb

21

Zurich, Switzerland

SwissAir 330 bombed by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a member group of Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). All aboard were killed.

47

1970

Sept

6–7

Europe: Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Zurich First multiple aircraft hijackings: Five planes were hijacked. (Two landed at a desert airstrip in Jordan called Dawson's Field, giving the incident it’s name.) The PFLP was responsible.

2

1972

May

30

Tel Aviv, Israel First known joint operation between jihadists and a terroristic Communist group. PFLP dispatches members of the Japanese Red Army to attack Lod Airport in Tel Aviv.

27

1972

Sept

5

Munich, Germany Israeli athletes murdered at Munich Olympics by a group calling themselves "Black September," an arm of Fatah operating under Yasser Arafat's direct command. (The PLO was kicked out of Jordan and fled to Lebanon in September, hence the term "black.").

11

1973

Dec

17

Rome, Italy Phosphorus bombs thrown aboard Pan Am 110. The terrorists were all members of Fatah, and Abu Nidal masterminded the attack.

30

1973

Mar

1

Khartoum, Sudan Palestinian terrorists take over Saudi embassy. A Belgian and two Americans, were killed, including Cleo Noel, U.S. Amb. to Sudan.

3

1974

May

15

Ma'alot, Israel One of the earliest known incidents when jihadists deliberately targeted children. PFLP broke into a high school where 14 to 16-year-olds were resting after an outing. They killed a security guard, detonated grenades and shot the children.

26

1974

Sept

8

Athens, Greece TWA 841 explodes after takeoff killing all aboard. A youth group in Beirut claimed responsibility. Abu Nidal was the suspected mastermind.

88

1976

July

3–4

Entebbe, Uganda Hijacking of Air France 139 and subsequent Operation Entebbe: Six terrorists and three hostages died. Ugandan forces opened fire on Israeli troops killing Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu, the operation’s commander; 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed and Ugandan fighter planes sitting on the ramp were "put into non-flying condition."

55

1979

Nov

4

Tehran, Iran A militant Islamic mob took over the U.S. embassy and held 52 Americans hostage for the next 444 days. A U.S. rescue attempt in April 1980 failed. The hostages were released Jan. 20, 1981.

8

1981

Oct

6

Cairo, Egypt Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by the Egyptian branch of Islamic Jihad (a code name for Hezobllah).

1

1982

Sept

14

Lebanon Lebanese Prime Minister Bashir Gemayel and 25 others were killed in a car bomb attack. Gemayel was seen by many Muslims as too "pro" Israel.

26

1983

Apr

18

Beirut, Lebanon A van drove up to the U.S. embassy, parked under the portico and exploded. The front section of the embassy collapsed. Islamic Jihad was responsible.

63

1983

Dec

12

Kuwait City, Kuwait A truck loaded with explosives crashed into the U.S. Embassy annex. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

4

1983

Oct

23

Beirut, Lebanon A truck drove to HQ, U.S. Marines. The driver gunned his engine, crashed through a barbed-wire fence, passed between two sentry posts, crashed through a gate, and barreled into the lobby. The Marine sentries did not have loaded weapons and were unable to shoot the driver. (According to one Marine, the driver was smiling as he sped past him.) The suicide bomber detonated his truck. The force collapsed the four-story cinder-block building.About 20 seconds later, an identical attack occurred on the French paratroop barracks.It was the deadliest single-day death toll for the American military since World War II. Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, were responsible.

299

1983

Sept

23

Abu Dhabi, UAE Gulf Air 771 enroute from Abu Dhabi to Karachi exploded and crashed in the desert near Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, killing all aboard.

117

1985

Apr

12

Madrid, Spain A bomb exploded in a restaurant where U.S. soldiers liked to eat.

18

1985

Dec

27

Rome, Italy &
Vienna, Austria
Four terrorists walked to the ticket counter of El Al airlines at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport and opened fire with assault rifles and grenades. Minutes later, an identical attack occurred at the Vienna International Airport. The Abu Nidal group was responsible.

20

1985

Nov

23

Valeta, Malta EgyptAir 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group. The plane was flown to Malta where Egyptian commandos stormed it.

60

1985

Oct

7

Port Said, Egypt Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. Wheelchair-bound elderly man, Leon Klinghoffer, was shot and thrown overboard. Instructions for the attack originated from Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Tunis.

1

1986

Apr

2

Athens, Greece A bomb exploded aboard TWA 840, sucking four American passengers, including a nine-month-old baby, to their deaths below. The "Arab Revolutionary Cells" claimed responsibility. The group was later connected to Yasser Arafat.

4

1986

Apr

6

Berlin, West Germany The La Belle discotheque was bombed in an attack on U.S. servicemen. Libya was responsible.

3

1986

Sept

5

Karachi, Pakista Pan Am 7 hijacked by four armed men (Abu Nidal). The leader ordered flight attendants to collect passports. Rajesh Kumar, a 29-year-old California resident who had recently become a naturalized U.S. citizen, was shot in the head, then heaved onto the tarmac. The terrorists positioned themselves in front and behind the crowd of passengers/crew. After reciting a martyrdom prayer in Arabic, they opened fire, throwing hand grenades into the crowd and spraying the trapped people with automatic weapons fire. A 2nd U.S. citizen was killed; the father of two young children who were next to their dad when he was shot. Scores of other passengers were injured.

21

1988

Dec

21

Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie killing 270, including 11 people on the ground; 189 were Americans. The terrorists were traced to Libya.

270

1989

Sept

19

Sahara Desert UTA 772, a French DC-10, exploded killing all aboard. The brother-in-law of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and five other Libyans were put on trial in absentia for the bombing. In 2003, Libya admitted responsibility and agreed to pay the families of the victims.

170

1992

Mar

17

Buenos Aires, Argentina A car bomb exploded in front of the Israeli Embassy. Most victims were Argentine civilians, including children. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. In 1998, a telephone call intercepted from the Iranian embassy in Argentina proved Iran had been involved in the attack.

29

1993

Feb

26

New York First World Trade Center bombing, which was planned by Ramzi Youssef.

6

1993

Jan

25

Langley, Virginia Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani, fired an AK-47 assault rifle into cars waiting at a stoplight in front of CIA HQ. He was captured in Pakistan and executed in the United States Nov 14, 2002.

2

1994

Dec

11

Near Okinawa, Japan Small bomb on Philippines Airlines plane kills one, injures six. Authorities learned that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb as a test run for "Operation Bojinka."

1

1994

Dec

24

Algiers, Algeria Air France 8969 was hijacked by GIA (Armed Islamic Group). The terrorists planned to crash the plane into the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

7

1994

July

18

Buenos Aires, Argentina A powerful bomb made of ammonium nitrate was driven through the front gates of the seven-story Argentina-Israeli Mutual Association, leveling the building. The suicide bomber, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a 29-year-old Shiite Muslim, has been honored with a plaque in southern Lebanon.

86

1994

July

19

Panama A Panamanian commuter plane exploded killing all aboard. A group based in Lebanon claimed the attack, but it is believe Hezbollah was responsible, with backing from Iran.

29

1995

Jan

6–7

Manila, Philippines Plans for "Operation Bojinka" were discovered on a laptop computer in Manila after an apartment fire. It was to be a large-scale attack on airliners in 1995, and was a precursor to the Sept 11 attacks. The plot was developed by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed while they were in Manila in 1994 and early 1995. Bombs were to be planted on 11 U.S.-bound airliners that had stopovers all around East Asia and Southeast Asia. The aircraft would have blown up over the Pacific and South China Sea almost simultaneously. If this plan worked, as many as 4000 would have perished and air travel would have been shut down worldwide.

0

1995

Nov

13

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia A car bomb exploded outside a joint HQ for U.S. and Saudi military. Three Islamic terror organizations claimed responsibility.

7

1995

Nov

19

Islamabad, Pakistan Egyptian Embassy was bombed.

19

1996

Dec

3

Paris, France A bomb exploded aboard a subway train killing four and injuring 86, including a U.S. citizen. No one claimed responsibility, but Algerian extremists were suspected.

4

1996

June

25

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers housing facility. The Saudi branch of Hezbollah was responsible.

19

1997

Nov

17

Luxor, Egypt Six gunmen emerged from desert cliffs into the Temple of Hatshepsut and opened fire with automatic weapons at dozens of tourists. The dead included Japanese, German, Swiss and Egyptian citizens.

71

1997

Sept

18

Cairo, Egypt Three men calmly walked up to a tourist bus outside the Egyptian Museum, pulled weapons from a plastic bag, and unleashed an attack that killed 10, at least seven of them German tourists. One gunman, Saber Mohammed Farhat Abu el-Ulla, had carried out a similar attack four years earlier, killing two Americans and a French citizen.

10

1998

Aug

7

Nairobi, Kenya & Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Twin truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies. At least 225 dead and more than 4000 wounded.

225

1999

Jan

3

Islamabad, Pakistan Gunmen opened fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in a mosque.

16

1999

Dec

24

Kathmandu, Nepal Indian Airlines 814 was hijacked by Taliban agents.

1

1999

Aug

31

Moscow, Russia Multiple Russian apartment bombings by Chechen terrorists, killing at least 300.

300

2000

Oct

12

Aden, Yemen Boat bomb attack on the USS Cole.

17

2001

Dec

13

New Delhi, India

Terrorists attack Indian Parliament building. Laskhar-e-Taiba, a radical Islamic group (affiliated with Al Qaeda), was thought responsible. A terrorist arrested in connection with the attack told investigators Al Qaeda had plans to attack the British and Australian Embassies, and Parliament.

12

2001

Sept

11

New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania Hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. A fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3000 dead, including 265 on the planes; 343 firemen; 60 New York City and Port Authority police officers; 125 at the Pentagon.

2,985

2002

Oct

17–18

Zamboanga & Manila, Philippines

Two bombs exploded in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga. A day later, a bus was bombed in Manila. Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamic extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, was responsible.

9

2002

Apr

11

Djerba, Tunisia Car bomb attack against a synagogue on the resort island of Djerba. At least 21 dead.

21

2002

June

14

Karachi, Pakistan Truck bomb attack against U.S. Consulate.

12

2002

May

9

Kaspiisk, Dagestan

A bomb explosion in kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day festivities.

42

2002

Nov

28

Mombasa, Kenya Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel. Surface-to-air missile launched at Israeli airliner the same day.

12

2002

Oct

12

Bali, Indonesia Attacks against U.S. Consulate, Sari Club and Paddy's Bar. Most of the dead were Australian tourists.

202

2002

Oct

23

Moscow, Russia

Moscow theater hostage crisis begins; 120 hostages and 40 terrorists killed in rescue 3 days later.

160

2003

Apr

3

Russia

Chechen Islamists carry out 10 deadly suicide bombings across Russia and nearby provinces between Apr and Dec.

250

2003

Aug

19

Baghdad, Iraq

Canal Hotel Bombing (UN HQ) in Baghdad, Iraq kills 22 people including the top UN representative, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

22

2003

Aug

5

Indonesia Car bomb attack against Marriott Hotel. At least 12 dead.

12

2003

Aug

1

Mozdok, Russia

The Russian hospital in Mozdok, North Ossetia, was bombed.

50

2003

May

12

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Attacks at three compounds housing non-Saudi workers. At least 30 dead. Al Qaeda was responsible.

30

2003

May

16

Casablanca, Morocco Multiple suicide bombings against Spanish and Jewish facilities, and involved 12 bombers and 5 targets. The Attack was attributed to a Moroccan Al Qaeda-linked group.

45

2003

May

12

Znamenskoye, Chechnya

Truck bomb attack on a government building.

59

2003

Nov

8

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Car bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly workers from other Arab countries.

17

2003

Nov

15–20

Istanbul, Turkey Two car bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues, plus car bomb attacks at HSBC Bank and the British Consulate.

60

2004

Feb

1

Arbil, Iraq

Two suicide bombings kill 109 Kurds.

109

2004

Mar

2

Iraq

Known as the Ashoura Massacre, Al Qaeda carries out suicide bombings at Shia holy sites killing 181 and wounding over 500.

181

2004

Aug

24

Russia

Multiple, nearly simultaneous Russian airplane bombings.

90

2004

Aug

31

Moscow, Russia

Suicide bombing near a subway station entrance in northern Moscow.

10

2004

Dec

12

Gen. Santos, Philippines

Bombing at Christmas market in General Santos, Philippines.

15

2004

Feb

6

Moscow, Russia

Bomb on Moscow subway.

41

2004

Feb

27

Philippines

Superferry 14 was bombed by Abu Sayyaf group.

116

2004

Mar

11

Madrid, Spain Bomb attacks against four trains. Terrorists blew themselves up when confronted by police.

199

2004

May

1

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Attack on non-Saudi oil workers.

7

2004

May

29

Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Islamic terrorists kill 22 people at an oil compound in Saudi Arabia.

22

2004

Oct

8

Taba, Egypt Large explosions at Hilton Hotel in Taba and at two campsites in the Sinai area.

30

2004

Oct

7

Sinai, Egypt

Three car bombs explode in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 32 and wounding 114, most of them Israeli tourists.

32

2004

Sept

9

Jakarta, Indonesia Car bomb outside Australian Embassy.

9

2004

Sept

1–3

Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia

Beslan school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia results in a massacre of children.

330

2004

Sept

9

Jakarta, Indonesia

The Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia was bombed.

8

2005

July

7

London, England Four suicide bomb attacks in three tube trains and a bus. At least 56 dead.

56



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To: FreeReign
My point is that we haven't seen terrorist attacks as independent crimes since 9/11/2001. My point is that we aren't fooling ourselves that any action on our part caused any of these attacks.

Thanks for your clarification. Sadly, one need only listen to any recent news conference that President Bush has had, or Prime Minister Blair, or Prime Minister Howard, and others, to know that huge numbers of people do blame recent attacks on our action in Iraq, or on the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, or on our failure to "understand" the "root causes" of jihadism. Or on any combination of these and other excuses.

The Western Left has made common cause with the jihadists, and are actively helping them through the use of public relations tools.

121 posted on 07/24/2005 12:18:20 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Western Leftists have made common cause with the Islamofreaks.)
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To: ChadGore

I believe that was 1997 or 98, whichever but it was a year after the crash of TWA flight 800, which for all the claims of mechanical failure, i think a raghead brought it down with an RPG...


122 posted on 07/24/2005 12:19:28 PM PDT by Schwaeky ("Truth is not determined by a majority vote" Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: The Drowning Witch

Look at this list.


123 posted on 07/24/2005 12:19:29 PM PDT by Jackknife (No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.-MacArthur)
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To: snugs
We are infidels to them end of story and we cannot negotiate with them there is no basic tenant of acceptance by them to our way of life.

Exactly. It is a part of their religion and their "bible" that commands them to kill or convert the infidels (which, by the way, is ANY non-muslim).

What the hell is so difficult to understand here?

124 posted on 07/24/2005 12:20:15 PM PDT by Recovering Hermit
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To: Names Ash Housewares
I agree 100% well said and AMEN. In fact this post precludes anything I could add.
125 posted on 07/24/2005 12:21:57 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: mercy; Wolfstar
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126 posted on 07/24/2005 12:23:07 PM PDT by Database
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To: mercy
I wish you had simply linked your list as it has really bogged down this thread which will probably preclude a lot of us poor poor dialup folks from looking at it.

Nonsense. You don't know what you are talking about. The whole post is less than 148 kb. That's smaller than the main post with the tables which is 152 kb.

The reason I don't link it and posted it in its entirety is so that people can get a feel for just how much Israel has suffered at the hand of the Palestinian terrorists. Taking a quick glance at a link is not the same as having to scroll down through it all.

Besides are you really complaining that a simple list of Israeli men, women, and children killed by terrorists is bogging your ISP down? Maybe you don't realize how petty that sounds. I'm sure there were some people who lived near Auschwitz that complained about all the smoke too.

127 posted on 07/24/2005 12:23:30 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Peach
The FBI has helped train them in some capacity once the group got organized.

The government needs to do more of this. I plan to agitate for a revival of the Civil Defense Corps.

128 posted on 07/24/2005 12:23:47 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Western Leftists have made common cause with the Islamofreaks.)
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To: Jackknife

You're welcome, Jackknife.


129 posted on 07/24/2005 12:25:06 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Western Leftists have made common cause with the Islamofreaks.)
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To: Wolfstar

guess i am just a little bit pissed after Blair left them out--i think it's time the west stops being so damn PC and cow towing to the farkin muslims and stop forget them (could be one of the best allies if we unleashed them).it's them us and the rest of the west against islam--wake up world


130 posted on 07/24/2005 12:26:15 PM PDT by rang1995 (They will love us when we win)
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To: rang1995

I agree about Israel and would also include Southern Thailand.


131 posted on 07/24/2005 12:26:31 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Names Ash Housewares
World war would be when all countries on the planet have either chosen up sides and become belligerents and are allies with one of the sides, --there could be more than two sides as in the fictional story "Nineteen Eighty-Four",-- or neutral.

Neutrality would be no guarantee of not being attacked and destroyed.

133 posted on 07/24/2005 12:28:09 PM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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To: Wolfstar
Thanks for your clarification. Sadly, one need only listen to any recent news conference that President Bush has had, or Prime Minister Blair, or Prime Minister Howard, and others, to know that huge numbers of people do blame recent attacks on our action in Iraq, or on the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, or on our failure to "understand" the "root causes" of jihadism. Or on any combination of these and other excuses. The Western Left has made common cause with the jihadists, and are actively helping them through the use of public relations tools.

Thanks for your clarification. I haven't heard any Blair of Howard press conferences. If they're anything like our press conferences, our press and our left then it is sad, and dangerous.

134 posted on 07/24/2005 12:28:49 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: mercy
a lot of us poor poor dialup folks

Go to this page and under "Thread Pagination" select "20 messages per page" and any high bandwidth posts will be isolated and contained on a different page every 20 posts. That way when you are in a thread it will only load a maximum of 20 posts and you can browse much more quickly. OK?

135 posted on 07/24/2005 12:31:16 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Wolfstar

i think you do NOT know your in a world war untill some years into it--witness ww1+2(i.e china in 1933 -38 etc)


136 posted on 07/24/2005 12:42:53 PM PDT by rang1995 (They will love us when we win)
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To: Wolfstar

Amen to your post! Yes, we are in a world war, and it is time we all realized it.


137 posted on 07/24/2005 12:43:48 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: FreedomCalls; mercy
The reason I don't link it and posted it in its entirety is so that people can get a feel for just how much Israel has suffered at the hand of the Palestinian terrorists.

With all due respect, FreedomCalls, this thread was never intended to be strictly about the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict. I think most reasonable and reasoned people know quite well how much Israel has suffered.

What part of this next statement do you not understand?

For too long, Israel has stood alone on the front lines of a worldwide jihadist war. She should never stand alone again.

In my article, I chose to focus on the worldwide aspects of this war. I chose -- for a specific purpose. I researched a list of REPRESENTATIVE attacks around the world, including several in Israel and against Israelis elsewhere, to show the worldwide scope of war. For you and anyone else to try to force the focus solely on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or to subtly imply worse, is insulting to me. I have been patient and understanding about it. But your statement which I quote below crosses a line.

Besides are you really complaining that a simple list of Israeli men, women, and children killed by terrorists is bogging your ISP down? Maybe you don't realize how petty that sounds. I'm sure there were some people who lived near Auschwitz that complained about all the smoke too.

More importantly, to insist on limiting the scope of one's viewpoint about this war to just the Israeli context is a monumental mistake at the very moment in history when, at long last, others are waking up to the worldwide threat of jihadism.

138 posted on 07/24/2005 12:46:22 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Western Leftists have made common cause with the Islamofreaks.)
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To: rang1995
I think it's time the west stops being so damn PC.

I agree completely.

139 posted on 07/24/2005 12:47:50 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Western Leftists have made common cause with the Islamofreaks.)
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To: Wolfstar

Whatever I can do to help, please let me know. That's a most worthy cause, Wolfstar.


140 posted on 07/24/2005 12:56:38 PM PDT by Peach
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